Improvement in halters



F. R BOWDOW.

HALTERS.

Patented Aug. 29, 1876.

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FERDINAND R. BOWDOW, OF NEWTOWN STEPHENSBURG, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HALTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,62 7, dated August 29, 1876; application filed August 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND R. BOW- .DoW, of Newtown Stephensburg, in the counence marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a halter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the' art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my halter, and Fig. 2 is a detached view of a part thereof.

A represents the nose-strap, having its ends fastened to a ring, B. To this ring are also fastened the ends of the throat-latch straps O C, which are made to pass over the back of the neck of the horse, and their other ends form the cheek-pieces E E, with loops G G, through which the nose-strap A passes.

On the throat-latch is a sliding loop, D, as shown, to make that part which goes over the horses head larger-or smaller, as required. On each side the straps O E areheld together by means of a loop, J, which is movable on them, as required.

It will be seen that my halter is formed of three straps only, and that the straps can easily be adjusted, so that the halter will fit any horse by simply sliding or moving the loops D and J J, as well as the loops G G of the cheek-pieces. By sliding the loop D down on the throat-latch, the halter can be put on the horse, and, when put on, the loop D is moved up again to fasten the halter.

The three straps of the halter may be made of leather, rope, or any other suitable mate- 

